Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763) Species
Last modified: June 4, 2024, 11:42 a.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Xyleninae > Tribus: Caradrinini > Genus: Caradrina > Subgenus: Paradrina > Species: Caradrina clavipalpis
- Vernacular names
- Huisuil (NL), Pale Mottled Willow (EN), La Noctuelle cubiculaire (FR), Heu-Staubeule (DE)
- Synonyms
- Caradrina quadripunctata (Fabricius, 1775) and Caradrina cubicularis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 12 (as Caradrina cubicularis Wv.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 26–35 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a larva in an underground cocoon, in which it pupates in the spring. The adults come to light and sugar. Also often recorded indoors.
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Flight periods
The adults fly probably in two generations a year and have been seen in all months of the year, but most observations are between mid-April and mid-October.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Grasses, Cultivated crops and Herbaceous plants
The larva lives on various cereal crops, including cultivated ones, grasses and other low plants.
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